Circles of Hell in Dante’s Inferno

Level of Hell Types of sins punished here What does the punishment consist
of?

Circle One The unbaptized and the virtuous They are suffering grief from the
people. separation of God.
(Limbo)

Circle Two The people who have a sexual desire Their souls are blown away by a
for someone who isn't their partner. violent storm over and over again with
(The Lustful) no rest.

Circle Three The people who are in the third circle They are left to live in basically a
are called the gluttons. snowstorm with freezing rain, hail,
(The Gluttonous)
and black snow.

Circle Four The people in the fourth circle are Each of the groups have to push a
either called avaricious, miserly, or weight on top of the other group to
prodigal. kill them, and this cycles just
continues to repeat over and over.

Circle Five The people who are in circle five are These people suffer in boiling water, there
either called wrathful, sullen, or the are 3 levels on the water the wrathful and
slothful. sullen fight on the surface while the
slothful suffer in heat

Circle Six The people who are in the sixth circle these are people who go against
are known as the Heretics. Christianity they burn up in flaming
tombs where they are trapped.

Circle Seven Inner Circle: violent against God and Inner Circle:
All people are punished in a
nature
desert of unbearable heat where
(blasphemers, ushers, and
fire rains from the sky
homosexuals)
Middle Circle: Middle Circle:
violence against self/
The sinners are stuck as dead
suicides
black, lifeless trees. The only way
they can speak is through pain,
like getting a branch tore off.
Outer Circle: violent against Outer Circle:
people/poverty They are drowned in their
victims blood.
 Level of Hell Types of sins punished here What does the punishment consist
of?

Bolgia 1:
panders and seducers they are whipped by devils who lash them
and make them march for all eternity.

Bolgia 2: Flatterers They are sunk in excrement. Their excrement

symbolizes what they excreted in life.

Bolgia 3: Simonists They are stuck in wells and set on fire.

Bolgia 4: sorcerers/ false prophets Their heads are twisted backwards.

Bolgia 5: Grafters They are immersed in boiling tar. Their

Circle Eight
crimes stick to them just like the tar.

Bolgia 6: Hypocrites They are crushed under lead cloaks.

Bolgia 7: Thieves They are turned into lizards and their

bodies are stolen for all eternity.

Bolgia 8: Fraudulent Advisors They are concealed by fire individually.

Bolgia 9: Sowers Of Discord They are hacked apart by the devil

with a sword.

Bolgia 10: Falsifies (liars) They suffer from diseases.

Round 1: Caina- traitors to the kindred Sinners are stuck in ice up to their necks,
necks are able to move, and heads able to

Circle Nine bow

Round 2: Antenora- Traitors to political sinners are stuck in ice up to their necks
entities. however they cannot move theirs necks.

Their bodies are run by demons and they are

Round 3: Ptolomea- traitors to
stuck in ice, so only half of their faces show
friends/guess
and their tears freeze their eyes shut.

Round 4: Judecca- traitors to lords Their souls are completely stuck in

and masters position and covered by ice they cannot

move or speak
Who is in the very center of Hell? ______________________________